Federal rule allows higher out-of-pocket spending for one year

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Although all non-grandfathered plans will have to cap the amount that consumers pay out-of-pocket for major medical expenses, if health plans use more than one company to administer their benefits — as many do for major medical and pharmacy benefits …
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Kanawha woman gets maximum sentence in bank robbery

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Garretson's family and her attorney, Zoe Shavers, told the judge Garretson had become addicted to prescription painkillers around 10 years ago after suffering a back injury. Shavers asked the judge to release Garretson to a drug treatment program …
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A path to lower-risk painkillers

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Drugs such as hydrocodone (the main ingredient of Vicodin) and oxycodone (Oxycontin) are often the best options for the treatment of moderate to severe pain for patients facing medical conditions ranging from a wisdom tooth extraction to cancer. The …
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Chicagoan ordered to get help after 396 arrests

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CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman who has been arrested 396 times in the past 35 years has been ordered to get mental health and substance abuse treatment in a deal with prosecutors. Fifty-one-year-old Shermain Miles, who's been in the Logan …
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